LABOR CODE

CHAPTER 307. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE


	§ 307.001.  EMPLOYMENT SERVICE.  The commission is the 
agency of this state designated to cooperate with the United States 
Employment Service as necessary to perform the duties of this state 
under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Section 49 et seq.) required 
to establish and maintain free public employment offices.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Labor Code § 202.081 and amended by 
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, § 11.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.


	§ 307.002.  EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AGREEMENTS.  (a)  To 
ensure the establishment and maintenance of public employment 
offices under this chapter, the executive director may enter into 
an agreement with any political subdivision of the state or with a 
private or nonprofit organization, including a local workforce 
development board, and, as a part of the agreement, accept money, 
services, or quarters as a contribution to the employment service 
account.
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), to establish and 
maintain, or assist in the establishment and maintenance of, public 
employment offices within a county or other political subdivision 
of this state, the commissioners court of the county or the 
governing body of the other political subdivision may enter into 
agreements with the employment service on terms and conditions 
agreed to by the commissioners court or other governing body and the 
employment service.  The county or other political subdivision may 
employ means and appropriate and spend funds as necessary to 
establish and operate the public employment offices, and may 
provide, as part of the agreement, payment for:
		(1)  the rent of premises;                                                    
		(2)  services rendered;                                                       
		(3)  the purchase of equipment;  and                                          
		(4)  any other purpose considered advisable by the 
commissioners court or other governing body.
	(c)  In an area in which a local workforce development board 
has been certified and a local plan approved by the governor, that 
board shall provide employment services in its local workforce 
development area, and a person employed by the commission to 
provide employment services on the day before the approved local 
plan takes effect shall be given preference in employment at a 
career development center administered by that board.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Labor Code § 202.082 and amended by 
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, § 11.07, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.


	§ 307.003.  EMPLOYMENT SERVICE FINANCING.  Money 
received by the state under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 
Section 49 et seq.) shall be deposited to the credit of the 
employment service account in the general revenue fund.  The money 
in the account may be used by the commission as provided by this 
chapter and the Wagner-Peyser Act.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Labor Code § 203.153 and amended by 
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, § 11.08, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.